Record ID: WMID-9B27DB
Object type: HANDAXE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete, struck / knapped quartzite pointed biface handaxe of Lower and / or Middle Palaeolithic dating (c. 800, 000 BC to c. 250,000 BC).
The biface has good evidence of working on both interior (upper) and exterior (lower) faces, making it a biface handaxe (Graf, A., 2004, 84). Approximately 75% of the total surface has been worked, with the original surface or cortex covering the remaining 25% of the surface. The interior face has been fully worked.
The biface has an ovoid shape with a slight tapering towards the tip, with a rounded thick profile which thins at the tip. The but…
Created on: Tuesday 6th February 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 6th February 2018Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WMID-9A997F
Object type: MEDALLION
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A late Post Medieval, double-sided lead casting, taken from a commemorative medal and possibly used as a weight or as a medallion. The object is circular in shape with decoration on both sides.
The detail of the decoration is quite vague but has been made clearer through the identity of the original medal. As the detail is in relief, it is very probable that the object was cast directly from an original medal. This means that the detail displayed is a mirror image of the original.
The obverse depicts a standing figure that appears to be on or near splashing water. A weapon such as a …
Created on: Tuesday 6th February 2018
Last updated: Thursday 15th February 2018Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WMID-71E798
Object type: BELL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete, copper alloy bell of probable Medieval copper dating (AD100 to AD1500).
The bell has a spherical sounding chamber with holes flanking two transverse slots. The bell terminates in an attached mount which at one time would have been longer, and pierced to allow fitting to a ring, as in similar examples. The pea inside the bell is still intact and the bell still sounds. The bell was probably used for hawking.
The bell is 15.3mm in diameter, 17.9 mm tall and weighs 4.7g.
Similar bells can be found on the database at CORN-EF2EB0 and LEIC-FB5012.
Created on: Tuesday 23rd January 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 6th February 2018Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WMID-4C1C52
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete blue and white annular glass bead of probable Early Medieval dating (5th to 7th Centuries AD).
The bead has been made from an opaque blue glass, with translucent white glass trails as decoration on the surface. It is circular in plan. It has convex sides, with the ends flattened, almost an oblate form. Slight pitting and chipping is present on the surface. The decorative pattern consists of apparently random swirling lines. The central piercing is quite large (8.9mm) and slightly off-centre.
The bead has a diameter of 20.27mm, and is 8.49mm thick. It weighs 4g.
Created on: Tuesday 9th January 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd January 2018Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WMID-4B651B
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An unidentified copper alloy object of probable Post Medieval dating (AD 1700 to AD 1900).
In plan, the main part of the object is shaped like a animal's claw, with the concave edge being sharpened. The top of the object is formed into a rectangular stub at right angles to the start of the claw shape. The top of the stub has rectangular cutouts on either side which may have been used to contain the object within a larger structure.
There are three vertical slashes scored ont one side of the claw part, which may have some significance.
Length: 36.1mmWidth: 15.3mmThickness: 7.8mmWeight: 7.5g
Created on: Tuesday 9th January 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd January 2018Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WMID-4AB6AF
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy Roman brooch of Colchester derivative, Polden Hill type (Mackreth Part 3, Group 4, flat wing ends type), c.f. Mackreth 2011, 4.l. Plate 48, dating (AD 80 toAD 120).
The pin and catch plate are missing, presumed lost in antiquity.
The bow is broad, angular with a hump like head. Part of the rearward facing hook is missing at the rear. The bow gradually tapers down to the terminal where the foot is round and small. The upper bow is decorated with a central, fluted vertical rib, and there is a decorative moulding in relief on the crown of the brooch.
The wing…
Created on: Tuesday 9th January 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd January 2018Spatial data recorded.